The Department of Music serves students from a variety of musical backgrounds who are willing to demonstrate their commitment to becoming life-long musicians, challenging them to achieve excellence, and mentoring them toward their goals. To accomplish this, the department offers an extensive music curriculum as well as a rich and diverse calendar of events including concerts, recitals, clinics, and workshops that provide opportunities for performers and audiences while promoting the University's outreach efforts. A concentration in music introduces students to life in the musical arts. Students are given the opportunity to study the essential aspects of music as an art form, both as it developed and continues to develop through time and in world cultures. The Department of Music prepares students for careers as successful educators, performers, arrangers/composers, and leaders in the arts. The department's dedicated faculty seeks students of high artistic and intellectual promise to pursue musical studies. The pursuit of a career in music requires diligent practice and perseverance under the guidance of accomplished teaching artists. The Department of Music offers courses for students who wish to concentrate their studies in music as a profession, and for those who wish to study music as part of general education. The Department of Music encourages non-majors who have experience performing in choral and/or instrumental ensembles to participate in the musical life of the University as members of University Chorale, Wind Symphony, University Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Singers, and in chamber music ensembles. Performance is at the heart of music studies and the Department of Music offers a full range of performing opportunities for majors and non-majors.